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Underwater Salvage Work on 'Rena' Starts Soon

Sep 14, 2012

A specialist team of divers from the United States, plus the RMG 280 crane barge due to arrive shortly, reports the wreck salvors.Latest reports from the site follow:Salvage (Resolve Salvage & Fire)    •    The total combined weight of steel removed is now approximately 430 tonnes…

SpecTec Continues to Grow in Middle East

Sep 13, 2012

SpecTec in The Middle East has announced the signing of a first contract with Mubarak Marine LLC.The contract which was agreed early in July is for the supply of AMOS2 Software. It includes one full office installation for the Mubarak Marine’s headquarter in Dubai and five Vessel installations…

Sunken Treasure Hunters Latest on 'SS Gairsoppa' Project

Sep 12, 2012

Odyssey Marine Exploration inform the 'Seabed Worker', will cease salvage operations to make a scheduled port call in Cork, Ireland.After taking on fuel, supplies and changing personnel, the Seabed Worker will immediately return to the site…

Tow Completed 'MSC Flaminia' Anchored

Sep 09, 2012

'MSC Flaminia' & accompanying vessels safely reach Jade Weser Port in Germany.MSC FLAMINIA and its accompanying vessels have arrived safely at Jade Weser Port in Wilhelmshaven. The arrival at the port was without any exceptional occurrences…

Divers Find Caribbean Island Pewter Treasure

Sep 07, 2012

Shipwreck reveals precious coins, rare pewter artifacts to salvors at Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.The most important shipwreck of its kind dating from the 1500s was recently discovered by Anchor Research & Salvage SRL.According to…

Storm Rips Off Part of 'Rena' Fore Section

Sep 06, 2012

Earlier this week rough weather damaged the bow of the container ship stranded in New Zealand waters off Tauranga.In their latest update Salvors, Resolve Marine, report as follows:High wind and rough seas early this week resulted in approximately 25m of the fore section…

Latest News on MSC Flaminia's Homeward Tow

Sep 06, 2012

The fire-damaged container ship is passing through the English Channel, then shortly to cross between French & Belgian territorial waters.The ship managers REEDEREI NSB report that the transfer is proceeding without any exceptional events…

Bad Weather Prevents Salvage of Historic Battleship's Bell

Sep 05, 2012

An attempt by US philanthropist to recover the bell of the sunken Second World War British battle-cruiser HMS Hood postponed.After more than ten days working in the North Atlantic in worsening weather and difficult deep currents, the recovery…

Korea Navy Rescue Ship Launched at DSME

Sep 05, 2012

Korea's first naval rescue and salvage ship launched at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard.The 3,500-ton Tongyeong will go through a series of tests before being handed over to the Navy next year.The Navy's older rescue ships…

Container Ship 'MSC Flaminia' Homeward Bound

Sep 02, 2012

'MSC Flaminia' has left its holding position 20 miles south of Lands End and is now being towed towards German territorial waters.
The tow has been handed over from tugboat Carlo Magno to Fairmount Expedition.The departure of the ship follows approval from the UK…

Salvage Update on Rena Wreck Removal

Aug 31, 2012

Salvors, Resolve Salvage & Fire report a highly productive past week.The past seven days has been highly productive for Resolve Salvage & Fire - wreck reduction has progressed through the removal of 85 individual pieces of steel, with the total steel weight removed now 300 tonnes…

Global Diving & Salvage Welcomes Ryan Smith

Aug 30, 2012

Global Diving & Salvage, Inc. Welcomes Ryan Smith as new Gulf Coast Region General Manager.Global Diving and Salvage, Inc., based in Seattle, WA, announces the hiring of Ryan Smith as general manager for its Gulf Coast Regional office, based in Houston…

Hurricane Isaac Passed, 'Jireh' Salvage Continues

Aug 30, 2012

Salvage crews & coral ecologists return to Mona Island, Puerto Rico, to cut apart the grounded freighter M/V Jireh.The U.S. Coast Guard and the rest of the response crew have been working carefully to cut up portions of the ship, in order…

Costa Concordia Salvage: New Timeline

Aug 28, 2012

The stricken cruise ship will spend another winter partially submerged close off the coast of Giglio, Italy.The consortium hired to re-float and remove the 114,500-ton ship presented this month a new timeline to the Osservatorio, the entity supervising the wreck salvage operations…

Derelict MSC Flaminia Latest News

Aug 27, 2012

Vessel has been towed closer to the UK coast, but adverse weather prevents boarding of safety experts.The managing agents report follows:MSC FLAMINIA and its accompanying tug boats FAIRMOUNT EXPEDITION (Fairmount Marine) and ANGLIAN SOVEREIGN (L…

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